Masters Theses - African Studieshttp://hdl.handle.net/2022/6692
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:25:32 GMT2015-03-03T20:25:32ZThe Politics and Policy of Decentralization in 1990s Malihttp://hdl.handle.net/2022/19019
The Politics and Policy of Decentralization in 1990s Mali
Pollard, Elizabeth A.
The primary objective of this thesis is to understand why the Konaré administration aggressively pursued decentralization reforms in Mali. It will assess the local, national, and global forces that prompted the new government to implement decentralization reforms in the 1990s and consider how the administration’s political motivations for decentralization impacted those reforms.
Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the African Studies Program, Indiana University, August 2014.
Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2022/190192014-08-01T00:00:00ZIn search of nation: the political identity and social mobilization of Kenya's Maasaihttp://hdl.handle.net/2022/16733
In search of nation: the political identity and social mobilization of Kenya's Maasai
Demille, Jennie L.
This study seeks to understand the factors that have contributed to the formation of the Maasai ethnic identity and social mobilization in Kenya. Through the use of a methodology that employs interviews and ethnographic work with the Maasai, this research brings to light the perspectives, experiences, attitudes and ideologies that drive collective social action within the Maasai community, and the strategies and action repertoires that characterize the Maasai political movement in Kenya. This study also sheds light on the factors that work to reinforce ethnic solidarity, and ethnically-based social mobilization and political claim-making among the Maasai within the current social, political and economic environment in Kenya.
Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the African Studies Program, Indiana University.
Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2022/167332013-06-01T00:00:00ZAccess and Availability of Scholarly Information in Malawi, 1964-2007http://hdl.handle.net/2022/6718
Access and Availability of Scholarly Information in Malawi, 1964-2007
Kenyon, Jeremy
This thesis is made available with the permission of the author.
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2022/67182009-01-01T00:00:00Z